[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
[February 26, 2002]
[Page 294]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to Cuba
February 26, 2002

To the Congress of the United States:
    Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) 
provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, 
prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President 
publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice 
stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the 
enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication, which states 
that the emergency declared with respect to the Government of Cuba's 
destruction of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian aircraft in 
international airspace north of Cuba on February 24, 1996, is to 
continue in effect beyond March 1, 2002.

                                                          George W. Bush

 The White House,

 February 26, 2002.

Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
February 27. The notice of February 26 is listed in Appendix D at the 
end of this volume.